Sound-root 'wyvern' (the wyvern-stem) + sharp barbed ending — original compound distinct from the attested 'wyvern'
His bearing is the model of every wyvern charge on the eastern coats of arms, and the heralds of three provinces know him by the curve of his wing.
Best for A two-legged wyvern of the heraldic standard
Latin 'vipera' (viper) + sound-root 'osk' (the feral close) — the viper-feral
No falconer has ever held him for more than a season, and the careful keeper of the menagerie keeps his cage double-locked.
Best for A feral wyvern of the unbroken temperament
Old English 'grēne' (green) + 'gār' (the spear, the barb) — the green-barb
His coat takes the green of the deep wood, and the hunters of the eastern provinces say that the careful traveler wears no green in his ground.
Best for A forest wyvern of the deep wood
Old English 'hafoc' (hawk) + sharp wyvern-ending — the hawk-winged
His wing-beat is the cadence of a falling hawk, and the falconers of the high peaks will not fly their birds on the day he is abroad.
Best for A mountain wyvern of the high peak
Sound-roots 'vex' (the sharp) + 'iron' (the barbed) — the sharp-barbed
His tail-barb is said to out-pierce the heavy plate of the trade-road guards, and the smiths of the eastern cities work a special guard against it.
Best for A two-legged wyvern of the barbed tail
Old English 'drīfan' (to drive, to drift) + 'skyr' (the sky) — the sky-drifter
She rides the high thermals above the eastern desert for hours without a wing-beat, and the caravans of the trade road watch the sky for her shadow.
Best for A desert wyvern of the wild sky
Sound-root 'yrm' (the low, the feral) + Old English 'gār' (the barb) — the feral-barb
He nests low and strikes from below, and the falconers of the eastern counties say the careful falconer watches the ground, not the sky, when he is abroad.
Best for A feral wyvern of the low ground
Sound-root 'verd' (green, the deep wood) + Old Norse '-anda' (the spirit) — the green-spirit
She is said to be the green of the deep wood given wings, and the woodcutters of the eastern provinces leave her quarter untouched.
Best for A forest wyvern of the green spirit
Old English 'stān' (stone) + sound-root 'yr' (the wyvern close) — the stone-wyvern
His coat takes the grey of the stone peak, and the climbers of the high provinces say that the careful climber watches the rocks above, not the path below.
Best for A mountain wyvern of the stone peak
Old English 'sand' + sound-root 'verax' (the wyvern-stem close) — the sand-wyvern
His coat is the color of the eastern sand, and the merchants of the trade road know him by the shadow he throws on the dunes at noon.
Best for A desert wyvern of the sand ground
Sound-roots 'barg' (the barbed, the sharp) + 'uthix' (the feral close) — the barbed-feral
His strikes come in pairs — the wing and the tail — and the careful hunter of the eastern provinces counts his strikes before he commits.
Best for A feral wyvern of the barbed strike
Old French 'heraut' (herald) + sharp wyvern-ending — the herald's wyvern
His bearing is held to be the model of the eastern coat of arms, and the heralds of three provinces trace their charge to him.
Best for A two-legged wyvern of the heraldic charge